61From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Yr. letter of the 15 of Decr. last was delayed in getting to hand by the circumstance of its having gone to N. York while I was at Phila. and of its having arrived at Phila. after I had set out on my return to N. York. The very painful event which it announces had, previously to the receipt of it, filled my heart with bitterness. Perhaps no man in this community has equal cause with myself to...
62From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Application has been made to me on the Subject of Chaplains. I find by recurrence to the laws that four of these characters are provided for. This will furnish one to each brigade. I doubt not you will feel with me strong motives which recommend the speedily going into these appointments. The Revd. Mr. Hill has been proposed by Col. Parker and I now offer him to you as a Candidate. It appears...
63From Alexander Hamilton to Elias B. Dayton, 3 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been much pained by the representations which Colonel Smith has made to me on the subject of supplies. He states that the articles furnished are of inferior quality, and attributes the ill health [of] some of his men to the badness of the bread, and the thinness of the beef. Colonel Smith further mentions that the bread which is furnished in lieu of flour is made of midlings. I enclose...
64From Alexander Hamilton to William S. Smith, 3 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Your different letters of the 23rd 24th and 28th. of December have been delivered to me. It is always difficult in contracts to define the quality of the articles which are to be furnished, and hence has arisen the silence of which you complain in the contract with the Agent for New Jersey. It is however implied in the nature of the transaction that the articles be good according to the common...
65General Orders, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The General Court Martial, of which captain Amos Stoddart was President, having found James, alias Parker Hosmer, a private in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, guilty of repeated desertion, and having sentenced, that the pay now due him be made answerable for the expenses attending his apprehension; that he receive ninety-nine lashes upon his naked back, at three different times,...
66From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Hamilton, 4 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, January 4, 1800. “I have received your letter of the fourth of December, with the Treatise which it enclosed.…” Df , in the handwriting of H and Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
67From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 5 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is indeed a long time, My Dear Sir, since I have written to you, and I feel my obligation to you for the continuance of your correspondence notwithstanding my delinquency. Had it been true, that I had left every thing else to follow the Drum , my delinquency would not have been so great. But our military establishment offers too little inducement and is too precarious to have permitted a...
68From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 6 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of Decr. 17th. It was not my intention that the relative rank of your officers should have been finally determined on, and made known to them unless you had arranged it according to the list I forwarded, but as your motives have no doubt been just in so doing, I shall sanction the arrangement. The Gentlemen of your regiment who have received subsequent appointments,...
69From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Ogden, 7 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have this day written to Colonel Smith informing him of my intention to detach you from the Brigade this winter for the purpose of assisting the Adjutant General in framing regulations for the army. with true consideration Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. H to William S. Smith, January 7, 1800 (listed in the appendix to this volume). See H to...
70From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, January 9, 1800. “… The Adjutt: General is busied in preparing the Return you require. But his materials are unavoidably defective. The monthly returns heretofore sent you contain the substance of our information. All that is possible will be done.” Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. See McHenry to H, January 6, 1800 .
71General Orders, 10 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Gambling, a vice destructive to the reputation of an army, and fraught with every evil not only to those who suffer themselves to engage in it, but to the army in which it is tolerated, is strictly prohibited; and it is pointedly ordered that no officer or soldier play at any game with cards or dice, at or within one mile of the camp, garrison, or post, at which he may be stationed, nor for...
72From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Freeman, 11 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the ninth of January with it’s enclosure. Nothing definitive was Settled between General Wilkinson and myself relative to you superintending the works at Loftus’s heights, tho’ I have reason to beleive it was the intention of General Wilkinson to continue you in this service. I would thank you to favor me with an account of the plan which you had projected of the...
73From Alexander Hamilton to Martha Washington, 12 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I did not thing it proper, Madam, to intrude amidst the first effusions of your grief. But I can no longer restrain my sensibility from conveying to you an imperfect expression of my affectionate sympathy in the sorrows you experience. No one, better than myself, knows the greatness of your loss, or how much your excellent heart is formed to feel it in all its extent. Satisfied that you cannot...
74From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, [13] January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Some of the maxims which obtain with the Officers at the seat of Government, charged with the adjustment of the accounts of those Agents who have to furnish supplies and make disbursements for the Military service are of a nature to produce much perplexity & inconvenience. To me they appear mistaken, such as are to be found no where else, and such as must render it impracticable to discharge...
75From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 13 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to send you the return of the Army of the UStates which you lately required and which was delivered to me this morning. It is accompanied by a letter from the Adjutant General which furnishes some necessary explanations. Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. McHenry to H, January 6, 1800 . William North to H, January 9, 1800 .
76From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I shall go to Albany on Sunday next on urgent business. Official communications from you will, of course, not reach me after Saturday, but I shall direct the Adjutant General to open such as may arrive and to take the measures which they render necessary in all cases that can not wait for a reference to me. Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. H was...
77From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 15 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
There are many officers in Town who have entirely worn out their Uniforms, and are anxious to procure new ones, their uncertainty as to the Plan however prevents them; fearful of being led into expence which would be very inconvenient by not adopting the proper one. Let me urge your immediate determination on this subject. with great respect I am Sir Your obed Sevt. Df , in the handwriting...
78From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Swan, 15 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The section of the Act of the 3 of March 1797, to which you refer in your letter of yesterday, is so obscurely and indefinitely worded, that it is impossible to give it a precise or even a very reasonable interpretation. On this ground it is that I have forborne to act upon it in my own case though Commanding a separate district. But while I am at a loss for its true sense, I have thought that...
79From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The inclosed letter speaks for itself. I think upon the whole unless there are objections of which I am not aware it will be expedient to place Mr. Wilson in the new Batalion so as to reinstate him fully in the situation in which he would have been if he had not left the service. He appears to me a genteel sensible young man—and as to his morals has been well spoken of. You best know if there...
80From Alexander Hamilton to Angelica Church, 22 January [1800] (Hamilton Papers)
The fatigues of my journey were solaced this morning by a happy meeting with your father and mother. The very favourable accounts which I had had of your father’s health fell short of the reality. He is astonishingly recovered. The reception he gave me was more than usually cordial; for which I am no doubt indebted to your recommendation. The pleasure of this was heightened by that of dining...
81From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 26 January [1800] (Hamilton Papers)
I was quite disappointed and pained, My Dear Eliza, when I found, that the Post of Saturday had brought me no letter from you; especially as I was very anxious to hear of the health of my little Betsey. But I was consoled in the Evening by your affectionate letter of which Mr. Leguen was the bearer. It is absolutely necessary to me when absent to hear frequently of you and my dear Children....
82General Orders, 27 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War, the terms of enlistment of recruits in future raised are to be changed, and instead of being enlisted for any particular corps or regiments, they are to be enlisted for the service at large. It is directed by the Secretary of War, by instructions dated January 25th 1800, that cadets in the fortifications upon the sea board, and West Point,...
83From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 30 January [1800] (Hamilton Papers)
You will easily imagine, My Dear Eliza, how much I have been relieved by the Post of today. My darling infant is then recovered. Happy news and very contrary to my apprehensions! Let us unite in thanks to that kind being who has thus far protected our little family and ourselves and let us endeavour as far as in us lies to merit a continuance of his favour. You do not mention the receipt of...
84From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 5 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Tomorrow, My Dear Eliza, your Fathers slay leaves this place for New York. I drop you a line to tell you that I am well and that today the hear⟨ing⟩ of LeGuen’s cause began. I fear prepossessions are strongly against ⟨us⟩. But we must try to overco⟨me⟩ them. At any rate we shall soon get to the end of our journey; and if I should lose my cause I must console myself with finding my friends....
85From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 February 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
The lapse of two days more, my beloved Eliza, has happily diminished the term of my absence from you. It is the most pleasing reflection I can now make. My heart looks forward with delicious anticipation to the period of our reunion. Capt. Church arrived last night. This gives great pleasure to the ladies who wanted a beau . They persist in saying that they will leave this place with me on...
86From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 17 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have but just returned to this city, having been unavoidably detained at Albany much longer than I had expected. Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. See H to James McHenry, January 15, 1800 ; H to Elizabeth Hamilton, January 26 , 30 , February 5 , 10, 1800 .
87From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Eddins, 19 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Serjeant Hunter, the person whom you sent to attend my office as orderly, has this morning left it without permission—leaving a note that he was compelled by indisposition to repair to Fort Jay. This conduct is irregular and deserves reprehension. You will enquire into this affair and communicate to me the State of it. Copy, in the handwriting of Ethan Brown, Hamilton Papers, Library of...
88From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have read with great pleasure your letter to the Committee of Defence. It presents the subject in a very correct and interesting manner, such as I should expect much good from; if I did not begin to think with Chief Justice Elsworth, that there is in a government like ours a natural antipathy ⟨ to ⟩ system of every kind . Yrs. affecly ALS , St. Croix Museum, Cristiansted, St. Croix, Virgin...
89From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 20 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeable to your wish expressed to me when at Philadelphia I have considered of a proper person to act as Deputy Quarter Master General to the Troops under my immediate command. Colonel Aaron Ogden is willing [to] accept of the appointment and as he is an officer who I can strongly recommend he will I trust meet with success. It is his wish that no immediate appointment may take place, to the...
90From Alexander Hamilton to David A. Ogden, 20 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I find that Major Hoops is very disagreeably entangled on the Subject of the boundage to the Sheriff and that without Speedy Succours his delicacy will be not a little exposed. I am clearly of Opinion that he became by the ultimate Agreement the Agent of all the parties—and that all are in good faith bound to indemnify him on Accounts of Acts relative to the common Interest. What was done was...